Book provides guide to water control gates

摘要

The American Society of Civil Engineers announces availability of Water Control Gates: Guidelines for Inspection and Evaluation. This 404-page guide provides information and techniques for assessing water control gates, focusing particularly on those controlling reservoirs impounded by a dam. As many dams in the U.S. reach or pass their 50-year design lives, water control gates and other features must be examined to determine their condition for continued reliable, safe use. This book covers the most common types of major water control gates used throughout the past century in the U.S., ASCE says.